“The most vivacious of riding animals cannot do without a whip; the most chaste of women cannot do without a husband; and the most intelligent of men cannot do without consulting other men of intellect.” - Buzurjimihr, the Wazir of Nushirwan

[An old one I missed, there’s a long history of this in the intel community, Heinlein Hubbard and a few other Sci-Fi authors used to meet with officials to map out scenarios. It makes sense, get the most creative novelists out there to ransack their brains give them coffee and booze. The link between fiction writers and intelligence circles is a very creative link, and a very old one..]